marmite sandwiches for fly control?

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Anyone know about this?

Does it work or is it a joke?

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What do you do with them? Stick them on the horse or hang them in the stable or on field posts?

Or do you eat them/feed them to your horse......?
 
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My friend used to feed her horse marmite snadwiches for this but dunno if it actually works.
Anyone?????

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I've heard that putting a small amount of marmite in feeds helps with flies. However I don't know where the sandwich bit comes from
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Bread isn't that great for horses

Marmite is not for fly control, but midge control. B vitamins are supposed to make the odour of the horse (or human) less tasty to midges.

Cheaper to feed brewers yeast than marmite and you get a controlled dose.
 
Marmite contains garlic and yeast, this is why some people find it works, personally for the amount you would need to feed for it to be useful you might aswell just buy garlic and yeast powder.
 
There is no harm in feeding Marmite, whether it works to keep flies/midges or not is another matter.

Marmite is also a brilliant thing for disguising bute or ABs. You can either put it in a sandwich, (spread marmite first and then sprinkle drug over the top otherwise you send the powder all over the place trying to spread the marmite!) or make a sort of tea with it and pour it over food. Put a good few spoonfuls in a bowl and pour hot water over the top of it - just enough to make it dissolve so it's pourable (you can put it on neat but it's not easy as it's too sticky). I make a big bottle with a whole jar and pour a bit out each time I need it. You can also pour hot water into a nearly empty jar and give it a good shake to get the dregs out.

It works every time. It has a strong taste so disguises the medication and I have yet to come across a horse who doesn't like marmite The whole love it or hate it thing doesn't seen to apply to horses, they all love it! My boy's been on bute for a month and it's the only way I can get it down him. He has the odd sandwich just as a treat now and again as he loves them!
 
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Marmite contains garlic and yeast...

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Don't know which funny brew you've been buying, but Marmite (official) doesn't have garlic in it!!!

Ingredients:
Yeast Extract
Salt
Vegetable Extract
Niacin
Thiamin
Spice Extracts
Riboflavin
Folic Acid
Celery Extract
Vitamin B12
 
I have used it for my itchy pony and it really helped, I've now changed to Brewers Yeast as it's easier to mix in his food. He's a good doer and not being fed when I used the marmite so it was simple to give him a spoonful on half a slice of bread.
 
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Marmite contains garlic and yeast...

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Don't know which funny brew you've been buying, but Marmite (official) doesn't have garlic in it!!!

Ingredients:
Yeast Extract
Salt
Vegetable Extract
Niacin
Thiamin
Spice Extracts
Riboflavin
Folic Acid
Celery Extract
Vitamin B12

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I was gonna say cos i hate garlic with a passion and wont eat anything with it in but i eat marmite, i thought i'd been fooled for all these years for a minute
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Bread isn't that great for horses

Marmite is not for fly control, but midge control. B vitamins are supposed to make the odour of the horse (or human) less tasty to midges.

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Well i will be eating marmite on crackerbread for the next few months as a trial, as we have many midges where i am. will keep you all posted.
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